radiohead "videotape"
The underlying, repeating, melodic theme—four notes descending down the scale, the second and the third exactly the same, the last one barely audible at times—arrested my attention as I skidded to a stop at the end of the offramp from the 805, and I found myself mesmerized. I couldn’t really catch any of the lyrics, but reading them here, I find them disturbingly apt for my frame of mind.
When I’m at the pearly gates,
this’ll be on my videotape,
my videotape,
my videotape.
Mephistopheles is just beneath
and he’s reaching up to grab me.
This is one for the good days
and I have it all here
in red blue green,
in red blue green.
You are my center when I spin away
out of control on videotape,
on videotape,
videotape,
videotape,
videotape,
videotape,
videotape.
This is my way of saying goodbye
because I can’t do it face to face
so I’m talking to you before it’s too late.
No matter what happens now,
I shouldn’t be afraid,
because I know today has been the most perfect day I’ve ever seen.
Definitely my most favorite song from In Rainbows thus far. It’s a pretty fucking good album.